Control

Perform an integrity check of [Assignment: organization-defined software, firmware, and information] [Assignment: Selection (one-or-more): at startup | at [si-7.1_prm_3] | [si-7.1_prm_4] ].

Discussion

Security-relevant events include the identification of new threats to which organizational systems are susceptible and the installation of new hardware, software, or firmware. Transitional states include system startup, restart, shutdown, and abort.

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